Nothing Frustrates me more when ordering items online and then finding out that Purolator is shipping it.... It's ridiculous.
For a company that delivers packages, they sure do a terrible job. The past several items we have had delivered through Purolator, we weren't home when they came by. With any other delivery service, they would leave some sort of notice that they had been there or THEY CALL.
My most recent parcel was apparently delivered this week while my fiance was unable to answer the door. He heard the knock and when he went to the door to see if anything had been left, there was nothing. We assumed that it was our parcel and checked the tracking number.
Thats it. One try, no call, no notice and its put back in their warehouse for 5 days. If you don't pick it up, it's sent back to the shipper. I wasn't expecting my package until the end of the week at the earliest, and if no one was home to hear the knock, or if I wasn't sure how to track my package, I could have easily missed it.
This is THEIR JOB. Delivering things. They get paid to do it. You've got one chance to be home mon-fri during working hours or you're in an annoying pickle of trying to get to the depot to pick it up. Its so half-assed I want to scream at someone. Thank goodness we have a car. It's at least an hours walk.
How come I don't have this sort of trouble with anyone else? I dread finding out that Purolator has my parcel. All I can do is avoid buying items from companies that use them, I guess. But their protocols should really be looked at and made more customer friendly. read more